Tradition 35 of 35
Ancient religions, animism, and ritual
Ancient and traditional religious systems, animist and polytheist belief, deities, sacred rites, mystery cults, and historical ritual practices that contextualize magical and esoteric traditions.
Membership means relevance, not endorsement.
- Books
- 14,367
- Earliest
- 1100
- to 2026
- Read free
- 44%
- 6,362 with public full text
- With covers
- 49%
How books qualify
- Query + metadata match4,877
- Metadata match260
- Query match9,225
- Source classification (retained through merging)5
Every placement records its evidence — the controlled subject queries that found the book at its sources and the bibliographic metadata retained through merging. Each book page shows its own. How the rationale system works.
Key subjects
- God2.1K
- Animals1.9K
- Early works to 18001.8K
- Juvenile fiction907
- Rites and ceremonies891
- History810
- Juvenile literature779
- Providence and government of God752
- Sermons669
- Funeral rites and ceremonies624
- Conduct of life615
- Religion557
- Bible479
- Children471
- Animal welfare462
- Christianity424
- animal magnetism417
- Children's stories380
- Fiction360
- Christian life357
- Natural history339
- Attributes334
- Zoology321
- Cult314
Top languages
- English7,932 · 55%
- German1,498 · 10%
- French1,335 · 9%
- Latin1,255 · 9%
- Italian437 · 3%
Notable authors
All authors- Harrison Weir40 in this tradition46 books
- Religious Tract Society32 in this tradition66 books
- France. Convention nationale31 books
- Augustine of Hippo26 in this tradition46 books
- Madeline Leslie25 in this tradition26 books
- Samuel G. Goodrich24 in this tradition34 books
- Franz Anton Mesmer23 in this tradition49 books
- Catholic Church22 in this tradition50 books
- Maximillien De Lafayette22 in this tradition24 books
- Martin Luther21 in this tradition129 books
- François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon21 in this tradition49 books
- Emanuel Swedenborg20 in this tradition84 books
14,367 books
Sin and cause of God's displeasure against a people
Samuel Clifford
1721
Sir Walter Rawleigh's ghost
Leonardus Lessius
1651
Six addresses on the being of God
C. J. Ellicott
1880
Six sermons on divers subjects, preach'd at Weymouth
James Blake
1772
Six severall treatises ..
John Tillinghast
1657
Six years in heaven
Alex McCleneghan
1894
Sixteenth annual report
Coventry Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
1890
Sixteenth annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
1897
Sketches and anecdotes of animal life
J. G. Wood
1861
Sketches from nature
John M'Diarmid
1830
Sloan's complete farrier and cattle doctor : containing ... directions for choosing, breeding, rearing and general management of horses, cattle, sheep, swine, and poultry : ... with a full and accurate account of all the diseases ..
Walter B. Sloan
1869
Some account of the mode in which the boa constrictor takes its prey
William John Broderip
1826
Some arguments and considerations serving as a full answer to that grand question, whether men can will and do otherwise than what they do?
R. H
1699
Some breathings of the Father's love
Francis Lea
1673
Some memorable remarques upon the fourteenth of October
John Gibbon
1687
Some motives and incentives to the love of God
Robert Boyle
1659
Some of the misteries of Gods kingdome declared, as they have been revealed by the spirit through faith
Francis Howgill
1658
Some of the mysteries of God's kingdome glanced at
Isaac Penington
1663
Some queries concerning the work of God in the world which is to be expected in the latter ages thereof
Isaac Penington
1660
Some questions and answers concerning religion
Thomas Laythes
1691
Some remarks on the doctrine of characteristic fossils
John Kelly
1865
Some thoughts on the proper term to be employed to translate Elohim and Theos into Chinese
American missionary in China
1850
Some thoughts on the transition from paganism to Christianity
Bernard Bosanquet
1892
Something concerning my convincement of God's truth
Thomas Laythes
1691